Author: The International Agency for Research on Cancer
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: cancer, prevention, handbooks, screening, breast, iarc
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2002-01-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 9283230078
ISBN-13: 9789283230076

Breast cancer is the leading site of new cancer cases in women. Breast cancer detection is currently primarily based on physical examination by health care professionals, chance findings by women, breast self-examination and mammography used for diagnosis or for routine screening. Early enough detection through mass screening with mammography has been introduced in many countries in the hope that early intervention would lead to reduced mortality and less aggressive treatment. The aim of this publication is to provide an independent, authoritative review of the evidence of the efficacy and

Author: The International Agency for Research on Cancer
Publisher: World Health Organization
Keywords: cancer, prevention, handbooks, screening, cervix, iarc
Number of Pages: 311
Published: 2005-04
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 9283230108
ISBN-13: 9789283230106

Cervical cancer is still one of the most common forms of cancer among women, despite the success of screening for precursors of the disease using the widespread cytological procedure, the Papanicolaou (or Pap) test. This volume reviews what is known about the occurrence, natural history and causes of cervical cancer, before describing the established methods and newer variants and approaches for screening that are now being introduced, tested or investigated. Based on an international meeting of experts, the volume concludes with their evaluation of the evidence on the efficacy of screening f

Author: Committee on Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care a
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: cancer, transition, lost, survivor, patient
Number of Pages: 536
Published: 2005-11-07
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0309095956
ISBN-13: 9780309095952

With the risk of more than one in three getting cancer during a lifetime, each of us is likely to experience cancer, or know someone who has survived cancer. Although some cancer survivors recover with a renewed sense of life and purpose, what has often been ignored is the toll taken by cancer and its treatment - on health, functioning, sense of security, and well-being. Long lasting effects of treatment may be apparent shortly after its completion or arise years later. The transition from active treatment to post-treatment care is critical to long-term health. "From Cancer Patient to Cancer S

Author: Heylock & Curtis
Publisher: Hunter House
Keywords: cancer, caused, treatment, pain, conquer, doesn, hurt
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1997-05-02
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0897932137
ISBN-13: 9780897932134

Explains cancer pain and how to manage it through various medical options, explores its emotional effects on sufferers and caregivers, and offers practical tips on how to find and afford effective treatment. Simultaneous. Tour. IP.

Author: Stanley P. L. Leong
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: cancer, colon, treatment, research, breast, melanoma, selective, sentinel, lymphadenectomy, atlas
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2002-10-31
List price: $144.00
ISBN-10: 1402070136
ISBN-13: 9781402070136

Atlas of Selective Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma, Breast Cancer and Colon Cancer emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach combining the experiences of a nuclear medicine physician, surgeon, and pathologist. This is an important reference also for researchers and clinicians who want to become familiar with sentinel lymph node mapping. The underlying thesis in solid tumor biology is that metastasis in general starts in an orderly progression with lymphatic spread first to the sentinel lymph node (SLN) in the nearest lymph node basin. Therefore, the logical approach is to harvest that spec

Authors:Toshifusa Nakajima, Toshiharu Yamaguchi, Cancer Inst
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: cancer, institute, hospital, database, appendix, gastric, multimodality, therapy
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1999-08-15
List price: $252.00
ISBN-10: 4431702555
ISBN-13: 9784431702559

Recent clinical trials of adjuvant therapy for gastric cancer in Japan have shown improved survival benefits, but the results have been considered controversial and have been viewed with some skepticism in the West. Until now, the efforts of Japanese surgical oncologists in multimodality therapy have not been fully understood because they have not been adequately reported in English. This volume now presents the experience and expertise of Japanese surgeons who utilize preoperative or intraoperative chemotherapy, or a combination of systemic and regional chemotherapy. Their collected work prov

Authors:Gary J. Kelloff, Ernest T. Hawk, Caroline C. Sigman,
Publisher: Humana Press
Keywords: cancer, drug, discovery, development, agents, chemopreventive, chemoprevention, volume, promising
Number of Pages: 680
Published: 2004-06-04
List price: $205.00
ISBN-10: 158829076X
ISBN-13: 9781588290762

A comprehensive reference survey on the identification and development of promising cancer chemopreventive agents that will help stimulate further novel research and new approvable drugs. For each agent, the authors review the relevant mechanisms of action, the criteria for populations benefiting from intervention, the safety and pharmacodynamics, clinical study design emphasizing the use of precancers, and early associated cellular and molecular biomarkers of carcinogenesis. The pharmacologic and/or mechanistic classes discussed range from antimutagens, antiinflammatories, and the nuclear rec